Eric Cantor and John Boehner's Premature Discharge Problem

Eric Cantor and John Boehner are out today spinning furiously that their discharge petition is better than Steve King's discharge petition.

Except there is a fundamental flaw: they have a premature discharge problem.

No, premature discharge is not a problem that can be cured with a pill.

In order to have a discharge petition, the legislation to be discharged — that is forced to the floor of the House of Representatives whether or not the Speaker wants it — must have been submitted for some time ...